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PARENT SESSION ORAL SESSIONS Oral Session #1: Conservation Ecology: Threatened and Endangered Species. Presiding: W. Bond. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #2: Thermodynamics and Complexity. Presiding: T. Allen. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #3: Plant Population Ecology. Presiding: N. Fetcher. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hall of Ideas L&M. Oral Session #4: Plant Ecology: Gas Exchange. Presiding: J. Pereira. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #5: Ecosystem processes: Decomposition and litter. Presiding: K. Lajtha. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #6: Disturbance Ecology of Forests: Fire, Patterns. Presiding: R. DeFries. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #7: Aquatic Ecology: Stream ecosystems. Presiding: T. Ehlinger. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #8: Restoration Ecology: Grasslands, wetlands, aquatic. Presiding: G. Noe. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #9: Trophic structure and community interactions. Presiding: B. Menge. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #10: Paleoecology. Presiding: S. Hotchkiss. Monday, August 6, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #11: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Presiding: A. Downing. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #12: Landscape Ecology: Theory and application. Presiding: C. Johnston. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #13: Plant Ecology: Light Relationships. Presiding: J. Rebbeck. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #14: Theoretical Ecology. Presiding: C. Klausmeier. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #15: Ecosystem Ecology. Presiding: J. Jenkins. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #16: Disturbance in diverse systems: Flooding and other. Presiding: T. Stohlgren. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #17: Wetland Ecology. Presiding: E. Weiher. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #18: Predator-Prey Interactions: Plants and animals. Presiding: B. Goodwin. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #19: Plant Competition. Presiding: N. Slade. Monday, August 6, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:15 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #20: Invasions: Effects of invaders -- terrestrial systems. Presiding: R. Callaway. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #21: Conservation of Biodiversity: Human landscapes, reserve design. Presiding: C. Meine. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #22: Plant function and response to stress. Presiding: K. Miyanishi. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #23: Animal Ecology: Behavior and Sociobiology. Presiding: P. Brunkow. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #24: Forests: Carbon allocation, carbon budgets. Presiding: C. Reid. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:15 AM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #25: Soil Ecology: Microbial and Invertebrate. Presiding: W. Parsons. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #26: Aquatic Ecology: Fish - Populations, life history, autecology. Presiding: M. Fox. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #27: Aquatic Ecology: Lake structure and function. Presiding: L.A. Hansson. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #28: Plant-Animal Interactions. Presiding: S. Louda. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #29: Invasions: Predicting and understanding invasibility. Presiding: K. Kearns. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #30: Landscape Ecology: Dynamics and patterns. Presiding: A. Hansen. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #31: Plant Reproductive Ecology, Pollination, and Dispersal. Presiding: J. Karron. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas L&M. Oral Session #32: Animal Community Ecology. Presiding: M. Weiss. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #33: Climate Change. Presiding: A. Peterson. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #34: Forests: Models of function and structure. Presiding: M. Lechowicz. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #35: Nitrogen cycling: Response to inputs, variation in time and space. Presiding: M. Fenn. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #36: Conservation of aquatic systems: Ecology and ecotoxicology. Presiding: R. Lathrop. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:15 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #37: Aquatic Ecology: Macrophytes. Presiding: J. Titus. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #38: Herbivory: Herbivore Response to Plants. Presiding: P. Kleintjes. Tuesday, August 7, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #39: Invasions: Effects of invaders -- Aquatic, marsh, riparian. Presiding: C. Kolar. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #40: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Do species and species richness matter?. Presiding: R. Dirzo. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #41: Agroecology and Urban Ecology. Presiding: M. Liebman. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Hall of Ideas L&M. Oral Session #42: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling. Presiding: S. Hobbie. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #43: Soil Ecology: Mycorrhizae and Roots. Presiding: W. Stock. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #44: Disturbance ecology of forests: Animals, wind, gaps, edges. Presiding: S. Archer. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #45: Herbivory: Effects on Plants. Presiding: T. Craig. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #46: Animal Community Ecology: Pools, Foodwebs, Structure. Presiding: D. Post. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #47: Animal Population Ecology: Amphibians, reptiles, others. Presiding: K. Hatch. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #48: Spatial patterns, spatial processes. Presiding: D. Deutschman. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #49: Restoration Ecology. Presiding: J. Callaway. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #50: Ecological Education. Presiding: A. Wallace. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:15 PM. Hall of Ideas L&M. Oral Session #51: Late Breaking and Newsworthy Papers . Presiding: . Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #52: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling: Soil processes and patterns. Presiding: F. Gilliam. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #53: Co-evolved species interactions: Mutualisms and parasitism. Presiding: A. Krist. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #54: Vegetation: Controls on NPP, Global Climate Change. Presiding: W. Oechel. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #55: Fire Ecology. Presiding: M. Moritz. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #56: Aquatic Ecology: Plankton. Presiding: N. Hairston. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #57: Aquatic Ecology: Wetlands, Estuaries, Marine. Presiding: T. Klinger. Wednesday, August 8, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:15 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #58: Elevated CO2. Presiding: A. Finzi. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Madison Ballroom C. Oral Session #59: Conservation Ecology: Terrestrial Biodiversity. Presiding: K. Schulz. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM. Madison Ballroom D. Oral Session #60: Remote Sensing and GIS. Presiding: A. Gallant. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #61: Aquatic Ecology: Fish - Communities and interactions. Presiding: J. Chick. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #62: Vegetation change: Succession, recovery, facilitation. Presiding: S. Franklin. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #63: Plant Ecology: Water Relations. Presiding: J. Cleverly. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #64: Avian Ecology. Presiding: P. Warren. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #65: Evolutionary Ecology/ Population Genetics. Presiding: G. Gerrish. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #66: Invasions: Plants. Mechanisms, patterns, controls. Presiding: R. Mack. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #67: Metapopulations, fragmented landscapes, and patch dynamics. Presiding: C. Kraft. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #68: Nutrient Cycling. Presiding: D. Johnson. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #69: Elevated CO2 and Global Change. Presiding: L. Gough. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #70: Riparian Ecology. Presiding: R. Cosgriff. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #71: Animal Population Ecology. Presiding: J. Dooley. Thursday, August 9, 2001. 1:00 PM to 4:15 PM. Hall of Ideas J. Oral Session #73: Applied Ecology and Ecological Economics. Presiding: J. Hof. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas P&Q. Oral Session #74: Spatial Ecology: Models and Methods. Presiding: C. Loehle. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Hall of Ideas E. Oral Session #75: Plant Communities: Vegetation Analysis. Presiding: J. Fralish. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas F. Oral Session #76: Plant Ecology: Nutrient Uptake, Movement, Use. Presiding: J. Schade. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas G. Oral Session #77: Aquatic Ecology: Food webs, invertebrates. Presiding: R.A. Washington-Allen. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas H. Oral Session #78: Insect Population and Community Ecology. Presiding: R. Denno. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 11:45 AM. Hall of Ideas I. Oral Session #79: Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity Case Studies and Models. Presiding: T. Rooney. Friday, August 10, 2001. 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Hall of Ideas J.